Day: October 7, 2018

It’s been an insane week—in the security world and beyond. As Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination hearings captivated the nation, the information war to sway public opinion raged, mirroring a real warzone.In case you didn’t have time to follow everything else that happened, here’s a quick rundown. Though technically the news of Facebook’s massive breach…

Auto racing is the ultimate strategy and calculations sport—which is why Audi’s R8 GT4 logs up to 28 megabytes of data on engine performance, gearbox operation, steering, throttle and brake application, and the myriad chassis variables available to the racing team’s computers.Jim ResnickAuto racing is the ultimate strategy and calculations sport—which is why Audi’s R8…

This is the story of my recovery from depression. I expect it to be an ongoing process that will take a while. But I want to show that recovery is not only possible but should be the expected outcome. This writing will grow. I learned as a child to keep my mouth shut as my…

NonfictionImageCreditCreditPost TypographyAMERICAN PRISON A Reporter’s Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment By Shane Bauer Illustrated. 351 pp. Penguin Press. $28.Two weeks after Shane Bauer, a senior reporter for Mother Jones magazine, began his undercover stint as a prison guard at Winn Correctional Center in rural Louisiana, an inmate jumped the razor-wire fence and sprinted…

Adults, not teens. Messaging, not Stories. Developing markets, not the U.S. These are how Snapchat will make a comeback, according to CEO Evan Spiegel . In a 6,000-word internal memo from late September leaked to Cheddar’s Alex Heath, Spiegel attempts to revive employee morale with philosophy, tactics and contrition as Snap’s share price sinks to…

It was the summer of 1909. I was on the south coast of Spain. I remember it well because the season was almost over. Peace was within reach, I felt. There had been a vote to end the war, and the English had told me to support it. But the vote needed to be unanimous…

Look out below — This will be SpaceX’s 17th launch attempt this year. Eric Berger – Oct 7, 2018 4:00 pm UTC SpaceX will attempt to use its new landing site at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Sunday night. SpaceX The structure in the lower, left-hand corner is a booster stand where initial inspections of…

Dotting i’s and eating your peas — So if US switched entirely to wind turbines, what is the trade-off? Scott K. Johnson – Oct 7, 2018 1:00 pm UTC The solution to climate change is, at least conceptually, simple. Activities that add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere—chiefly the use of fossil fuels—need to be changed…

Upside: more free disk space — The bug had been reported by insiders, but it looks like nothing was done about it. Peter Bright – Oct 6, 2018 9:15 pm UTC Enlarge / This message, shown during Windows upgrades, is going to be salt in the wound.Earlier this week, Microsoft started distributing the Windows 10…